In the time-traveler chat group, am I the only one on Earth?

Chu Xiaoqiao and Shu Yutong were talking about normal life.

But it seems like I'm drifting away from that path in life?

..........

"No, I don't agree!"

While Lu Yun and Chu Xiaoqiao were chatting...

In a commercial restaurant in Shanghai, Li Mingzhi looked at the business plan in front of him and directly rejected Sister Min's proposal.

Sister Min's full name is Liu Min. She is thirty-eight years old this year. She has a decent figure and looks, and with a little dressing up, she can be considered a woman who still retains her charm.

She is Li Mingzhi's investor.

No, to be precise, it was she who helped Li Mingzhi secure the investment.

A little over a month ago, Minjie went to Chengdu for tourism with her friends. At a dinner party organized by a local friend, she met Li Mingzhi.

At the time, she thought this man was incredibly handsome; he was exactly the kind of man she admired from head to toe.

So, through a friend's introduction, the two parties got to know each other for the first time.

Liu Min knows many people; this information was revealed to Li Mingzhi by the middleman.

Li Mingzhi was a smart man; he knew that the other party had taken a liking to him, which was why they became friends.

He knew this was an opportunity, so when Liu Min asked about his relationship status, he lied and said he didn't have a girlfriend.

Minjie was overjoyed to hear that Li Mingzhi didn't have a girlfriend.

Upon learning that Li Mingzhi was actively seeking investment, she readily agreed to give it a try in order to improve their relationship.

So she had four million herself, one million from her friends, and three million from investors.

They pooled together eight million yuan in start-up capital for Li Mingzhi.

Regarding the shares, Sister Min made huge concessions.

Li Mingzhi owns 30% of the shares, Minjie and the investors each own 30%, and the remaining 10% belongs to her friends.

“Mingzhi, I know you have your own ideas, but in this era, just because your product is good doesn't mean that someone will definitely buy it.”

Sister Min earnestly advised, "Even the best wine needs advertising. If you don't come up with some gimmick, you won't be able to compete with other game companies for market share."

Li Mingzhi previously worked at a game company, so this time his startup is naturally also about developing games.

His games aren't really anything special.

It's a 2.5D monster-fighting and leveling-up mobile game.

The user interface is more refined than the previous Legend, but the background has been changed to the apocalypse, and the attack methods have been changed to superpowers and modern weapons.

Clear out mobs, fight bosses, get loot, and join a guild.

Li Mingzhi's company has been officially established for more than 20 days now, and the game is almost halfway through development.

But starting a business is not always smooth sailing.

Li Mingzhi and Minjie disagreed on how to promote the game afterward.

According to Minjie's thinking, this era is no longer like the era of Legend and Warcraft. You can just make any game and a large number of players will pay for it.

Therefore, the goal is to make the female characters in the game look good, with their figures and clothing being somewhat suggestive, in order to seize the game market first.

Anyway, skirting the edge isn't illegal.

Li Mingzhi's idea was that as long as the game was fun, there would be no shortage of other players.

So the company's senior management held a short meeting that night, which led to the conversation we just had.

"I think the product is the most important thing. If we put all our energy into game promotion, then who will make the game? I don't want players to say in the future that we are a garbage company that puts effort into advertising but doesn't make games."

Li Mingzhi is a very stubborn person and owns shares on an equal footing with everyone else.

During this period, Minjie's unconventional behavior made Li Mingzhi feel that this woman was always trying to outdo him.

Therefore, Li Mingzhi was unwilling to compromise this time.

Focusing your energy on the game's content is the right thing to do; why bother trying to skirt around it?

"Qiuxia, who do you support?"

When two shareholders disagree, the opinion of the third shareholder becomes particularly important.

Qiuxia is the owner of a chain clothing store in Rongcheng and Liu Min's best friend since childhood.

After she married and moved to Chengdu, she hired Li Mingzhi to tutor her son.

Therefore, she is both an investor in the company and an intermediary between Li Mingzhi and Liu Min.

"Um... can I remain neutral?"

"Okay, I'll tell the investors about this and see what they say."

Chapter 124 Three women and one drama

Qiu Xia is an adult and knows that game companies are springing up like mushrooms after rain.

If they didn't have something eye-catching, they wouldn't have many people playing their game.

So deep down she actually supported Liu Min.

But she was just a middleman, and she only invested one million, so it wouldn't be appropriate for her to say she supported anyone at this point.

Therefore, we can only remain neutral.

Liu Min also gave Li Mingzhi face and did not make a scene with him on the spot, after all, she liked this young and handsome boy.

However, she was very dissatisfied with Li Mingzhi's performance during this period.

This Li Mingzhi has been opposing her lately.

If it were about company matters, that would be one thing, but no matter what she said, Li Mingzhi would object.

They don't care about right or wrong at all.

The feeling is like a child you've raised with great care is going through a rebellious phase.

This kind of behavior might not be a big deal in a mature company, but it's a disaster for a company in its growth stage.

"Humph!"

Upon hearing Minjie's words, Li Mingzhi snorted and got up to leave.

Investors, investors, and investors again.

Every time she had a conflict with herself, she would go to the investors.

Needless to say, the final result was that the investors were brought in by Sister Min, so they naturally listened to Sister Min's advice.

"What kind of general manager are you if you can't even decide the company's direction?"

After leaving, Li Mingzhi was furious.

At that moment, he hated the investor who was in cahoots with Sister Min.

They completely forgot that their company was only established after Sister Min joined them.

If it weren't for Liu Min, he would still be struggling to attract investment; how could he be qualified to be a general manager?

Watching Li Mingzhi's departing figure, Minjie suddenly felt very tired.

For a game company to grow and expand, a few million is definitely not enough.

So she needs to find new investors now and doesn't have time to act childishly with Li Mingzhi.

Unfortunately, Li Mingzhi was unaware of all this.

"Should I not have partnered with him to start a company?"

Sister Min leaned back in her chair at the restaurant and said something that looked exhausting.

.......

Meanwhile, inside an old, dilapidated apartment building in Chengdu.

"Honey, I've quit my job."

Wang Zhipeng called Deng Sha with a smug look on his face, his expression one of relief and liberation.

He doesn't look like someone who has just lost their job at all.

The house he and Deng Sha bought in Lvjin Tianfu is a new house, and it is still under renovation, so the two of them have not moved in yet.

Upon hearing his words, Deng Sha's face was filled with shock.

"Resign? Why would you resign?"

The couple only paid the down payment for the house and just took out a loan to buy a car. She is still unemployed.

We're counting on Wang Zhipeng to pay our monthly mortgage and car loan payments. How could he just quit like that?

"Hehe, Mingzhi Company is doing well, and they are currently short of staff. I'm planning to work for their company."

Wang Zhipeng said smugly, "He has already made an agreement with me. In addition to my base salary, he will give me an extra 1% of shares."

In his eyes, Li Mingzhi was undoubtedly the most outstanding, and the two had been in close contact during this period.

Li Mingzhi's promise was also the reason for Wang Zhipeng's resignation.

"But... there are less than two weeks until the Chinese New Year, and the house is still being renovated. It's not appropriate for you to go there now, is it?"

"It's alright, I'll go take a look first. If it's feasible, I'll go straight to work after the New Year. Once I've established myself there, I'll bring you over..."

Wang Zhipeng was envisioning his future, as if everything was under his control.

Deng Sha initially felt something was amiss, but after hearing that Wang Zhipeng had already planned everything, what could she say?

"Okay, as long as you've thought it through yourself."

........

On the other hand, Lu Yun had no idea about the current situation of Li Mingzhi and the others.

Although he had flown first class with Deng Sha, he also felt a little guilty towards Wang Zhipeng, his former good friend.

But ever since the negotiations broke down at his villa, the two sides have become strangers.